Kyouya Mitsurugi (
Appearance[]
Mitsurugi appears as a naive handsome young man with light brown hair, dark eyes (blue eyes in the anime) and a fit physique. He wears over a black mesh a full set of plate armor with glimmering blue color and gold gilded borders, as well as a wing motif on the chest area.
Under his armor he wears a black cape hangs from his shoulders. A loose scarf-like red collar covers his neck area, and on his head partially hidden by his hair he wears a gold circlet with a blue jewel in the center. He has his sword hanging in a black sheath on his waist. Overall, his appearance is reminiscent of a knight in shining armor or charming prince.
Personality[]
At first glance, Mitsurugi looks like a traditional novel hero, since he is gallant, well-mannered, sedulous, self-assured, charming and chaste. Mitsurugi is quite dependable too, since he is always willing to aid those in need and defend the women's honor, which makes him gullible as well.[4] Mitsurugi is also very committed to his vow to save the world from the Devil King, along with his patron goddess, Aqua, to whom he made the vow.[2]
But behind his chivalrous demeanor, Mitsurugi actually is an uptight narcissist who regards himself the chosen hero of the Parallel World, being eager to defeat the Devil King.[5] He is so self-righteous and judgmental that Mitsurugi tends not to hear out those he considers to be wrong,[2] so self-absorbed that Mitsurugi is unable to read the room,[6] and so dense he is oblivious to the feelings and will of the people around him.
Moreover, Mitsurugi is very materialistic, since he usually tries to bribe Aqua's affection with expensive gifts,[7] and once tried to convince Kazuma's companions to join his party by the promise of top-tier equipment.[2]
History[]
For Mitsurugi's history, see his History tab.
Abilities[]
Like most reincarnated japanese, Kyouya was gifted a divine item by Aqua that allowed him to pick difficult quests since the beginning.[2] Furthermore, besides his high level, Mitsurugi has abnormally high physical stats, and his class has the highest attack stats.[4]
- Divine Treasure Holder: As the chosen owner of the Cursed Sword Gram, Mitsurugi was blessed with a superhuman power, being able of rip open metal bars with his bare hands. However, since his sword is the source of his power, he is useless without it.[2]
- Rune of Saber: A magical sword strike, an exclusive Sword Master class skill.
Equipment[]
- Cursed Sword Gram: The divine item granted to him by Aqua. A legendary weapon that, according to Mitsurugi, can cut anything. Since magic blades are sentient items that choose its own masters, only Mitsurugi can use Gram's magical power, which means it's a common sword in the hands of everyone else.[2]
Trivia[]
- Due to Billy Kametz passing, his role was taken by Stephen Fu who took over other famous roles that Billy had, such as Naofumi Iwatani from The Rising of the Shield Hero and Alice Asmodeus from Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-Kun.
- Mitsurugi's level was 37 in his first appearance.[2]
- The Crimson Demons were the only natives other than his party members who believed Mitsurugi's story about him being a reincarnated hero, and their praise of this "cool introduction" prompted him into further narcissism.[8]
- There is a running joke in the series for characters to forget or mispronounce his name. Kazuma might have started to forget it on purpose.[9]
- While Mitsurugi is usually regarded as a spoiled narcissist who relied on his cheat item to do anything, he later matured into a true adventurer, as evidenced when he managed to survive alone for weeks on the Ice Mountain after being drained of all his levels and skills on top of Gram getting confiscated.[10]
- He humiliatingly lost to Kazuma twice via knockout and incapacitation.[2][11]
- In the initial web novel, Mitsurugi got Level Drained back to Level 1 after his initial defeat at Kazuma's hands, before being extorted to bankruptcy by his party when trying to retrieve Gram from them.
References[]
- ↑ KonoFan Twitter Account
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 9, Chapter 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Limelight Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 17, Chapter 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 17, Chapter 2
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 3
- ↑ Explosion Light Novel Volume 1, Bonus Short Story from Gamers
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 5, Chapter 4
- ↑ Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 5
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